{"id":31828,"date":"2020-11-17T07:08:25","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T15:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/?p=31828"},"modified":"2020-11-17T07:08:25","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T15:08:25","slug":"sinead-oconnor-cancels-shows-to-seek-trauma-and-addiction-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/concerts\/sinead-oconnor-cancels-shows-to-seek-trauma-and-addiction-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinead O&#8217;Connor Cancels Shows to Seek Trauma and Addiction Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sin\u00e9ad O&#039;Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U (Official Music Video) [HD]\" width=\"860\" height=\"645\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0-EF60neguk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After opening up about her mental health battle, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/sinead-oconnor-tickets\">Sinead O&#8217;Connor<\/a> has postponed her 2021 tour in order to enter a year-long treatment program for trauma and addiction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe Nothing Compares 2 U\u201d singer, 53, took to Twitter to share that 2020 had been the culmination of six years of suffering, and that now she is ready to get help.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Message for folks who have tickets for next year&#8217;s shows: Those shows are being postponed until 2022 so that I may go into a one-year trauma and addiction treatment programme because I had a very traumatic six years and this year was the end of it but now recovery starts,&#8221;<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> she wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a series of follow-up tweets, O&#8217;Connor explained that she <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;grew up with a lot of trauma and abuse&#8221;<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> from which she has never fully healed, but was hopeful the treatment program would allow her to address her historic difficulties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In her posts, O&#8217;Connor said she had this year become addicted to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;a drug other than weed&#8221;<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (which she had been addicted to for 34 years) after the death of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;someone beloved&#8221;<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She also said she experienced trauma due to the illness of one of her children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">O&#8217;Connor apologized for postponing the shows, adding that she now has to face living through the illness of one of her children, who has since recovered.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;The child is thriving now thank God,&#8221;<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> she wrote, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;but the mum needs TLC.&#8221;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The singer added that even though the music industry can be <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;a very unforgiving place for artists who need to postpone due to emotional or mental health issues,&#8221;<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by going to rehab now, she would face a brighter future as a performer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;If taking this step means my career is over then so be it,&#8221;<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> O&#8217;Connor wrote, then cited the American poet Mary Oliver: 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